E+Z/D+C dossier 2014/11 Energie

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Ugandan shopkeepers selling electrical goods.
Editorial
– by Hans Dembowski

On the right track

Apart from global warming, there are other good reasons for phasing out fossil fuels
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Photovoltaics
– by Engidaw Abel Hailu, Hans-Christoph Neidlein

“I see a huge potential”

Ethiopian university is building renewable-energy capacities
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West Africa
– by Karim Okanla

Insufficient fire wood

Benin’s energy supply depends on fire wood – and smuggled petrol from Nigeria
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Renewables
– by Do Thi Bich Ngoc

Rural network must improve

Vietnam has ambitious objectives of using up to 30 % of renewable energy until 2030. For this it needs donor help
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Ressource wealth
– by Loay Mudhoon

“Deathly silence”

How Saudi oil money is fuelling extremism and violence internationally
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Sustainable Development Goals
– by Tetsuro Yoshida, Noriko Shimizu

The global dimension

Japanese scholars say international community must support shift to renewable energy in the developing world
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Environment
– by Kumar Sundaram

Militarily relevant

Civil-society activists in India do not believe nuclear power serves their country well
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Energy transition
– by Toni Kaatz-Dubberke

The windy islands

Toni Kaatz-Dubberke: Cape Verde is well on its way to a self-sufficient power supply with renewable energy
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Market analysis
– by Marlis Kees

Measuring sustainability

GIZ has developed a method to assess the market potential of fuel-efficient cookers
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Infrastructure
– by Hans-Christoph Neidlein

Renewable energy

Obstacles to expanding renewable energy in Pakistan
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Global governance
– by Dirk Messner

Refreshing ­optimism

The climate crisis can be regarded as a business opportunity
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Climate finance
– by Morten Elkjær, Niels Egerup

Raising additional investment capital

Innovative Danish approach to mobilising private capital for climate-related investments in the developing world
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